BDEX, the first ever Data Exchange Platform, is proud to announce that the company has been selected to present as a finalist at the 2016 Florida VentureTech Showcase in downtown Tampa November 1st. The winner of the Space Florida Accelerating Innovation Award will receive a $100,000 prize and the runner-up will receive $50,000.

The Florida Venture Forum, founded in 1984, is the “leading entrepreneurial and private company investor networking group in Florida.”Past presenters at the conference have raised almost three billion dollars in venture capital investment for their businesses. With board members that include strategic corporate investors as well as active venture capital funds, the non-profit member organization is an instrumental tool for Florida’s entrepreneurial community.

David Finkelstein, CEO and co-founder, along with CDO and co-founder Michael Aronov, will attend the conference. Presenters were chosen by a selection committee assessing growth-stage companies in Florida. BDEX, founded in Florida in 2014, also has offices in New York City and Seattle, Washington.

Longtime business partners, Finkelstein and Aronov founded one of the first Internet service providers in the country, National Internet Source, Inc. in 1994. The pair sold the company to U.S. Cable Corporation in 2000 before founding Contextuads, which serves advertising networks and PPC search engines through more efficient ad targeting. After finding themselves with an abundance of useful data at their fingertips, Finkelstein and Aronov created BDEX. Combining the functionality, data, and reach of a traditional DMP in a true marketplace environment, BDEX enables companies to acquire quality, impartial third-party data to target their audience like never before.

To learn more about BDEX, our services, or investment opportunities, visit our website or email us at info@bdex.com.